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Politico:
Democrats spy a red-state opening. There may not be enough cash for it. — Democrats' eyes may be bigger than their wallets. — Democrats across a slate of deep-red states are clamoring for more cash to fight for Senate seats that suddenly seem within reach, with polling showing …
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Wonkette
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
An Ohio edge. An Iowa tossup. New CNN polls give Democrats hope in a pair of red states — Election polls Congressional news Donald Trump Senate election — Widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the country has opened up a prime Senate pickup opportunity for Democrats in Ohio …
Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: GOP ads have yet to overwhelm voters, poll finds — Republicans have a massive campaign cash advantage going into the final stretch before Election Day, but a new POLITICO poll shows they aren't yet capturing voters' attention. More than 70% of poll respondents who had seen ads …
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Axios and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
GOP hope, Democratic worry: Are midterm polls underestimating Republicans?
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The Atlantic
Avani Kalra / The Washington Sun:
Why Republicans' Top Recruit Is Struggling in Purple New Hampshire
The Hill:
On the Ballot: The state of the states: Which states are most likely to see trifectas in November
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Republicans squirm as Latino support slips in South Texas
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NBC News
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Toss-ups, triage and targets: How to read the wide-open 2026 House map
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Associated Press, Politico and NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account — Text messages with a MAGA ally show her seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials ahead of her confirmation as ambassador to Greece — Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing …
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New York Post, MS NOW, The Hill, HuffPost, TMZ.com, New Republic, Wonkette, The Independent, National Politics, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Patterico's Pontifications
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal — Last year, Donald Trump pardoned Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar 1, who was under indictment for federal bribery charges. All he expected in return was that Cuellar, out of gratitude, would immediately switch parties and become a Republican. To his shock, Cuellar never did.
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The Hill, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The arrest is yet to come — Here is what happened: the former girlfriend of the President's son asked an aspiring Republican politician for $100,000 to settle her credit card bill right before her Senate confirmation for an Ambassadorship, which she seems to have been awarded as a break-up present from the Trump family.
The Atlantic:
Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms — Pentagon planners are weighing options though no final decision has been made. — After months of on-again, off-again fighting, the United States hasn't struck Iran in several weeks. The stretch of relative tranquility …
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The Hill, CNN, Time, Newsweek, No More Mister Nice Blog, Israpundit, NBC News, Daily Mail, Rolling Stone, The American Conservative, Mediaite and CBS News
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Politico:
Knives out for Blair and LaCivita
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, TMZ.com, Axios, The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Military ordered to be ready for possible Iran strikes as Trump weighs timing
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The Hill, CNBC, Breitbart and Associated Press
Steve Kopack / NBC News:
Oil prices hit $105 and stocks trade lower as Trump considers renewed strikes on Iran
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The Daily Caller, CNBC and Joe.My.God.
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet — To commemorate PN's 5th anniversary, this week we're offering paid subscriptions at the special yearly rate of $40 (or about 16¢ per edition). This newsletter is only possible thanks to the support of paid subscribers.
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Rena Rowe / Washington Examiner:
Trump fuels rumors about James Talarico's campaign trail absence — President Donald Trump joined Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in questioning his Democratic opponent James Talarico's absence from the campaign trail, as the two candidates battle for the seat with less than a month until Election Day.
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UMass Lowell, HotAir, Daily Kos, The Hill, One America News Network, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Trump's Truth and San Antonio Current
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Straight Up Admits He Pardons People to Get Something in Return
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Breitbart, The Guardian, HuffPost, The Hill, Axios, Trump's Truth, Mediaite and CBS News
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Republicans Have an Andrew Tate Eel-Sex Problem — FOR ACCUSED SEX TRAFFICKERS AND RAPISTS, Andrew and Tristan Tate have been a real hit with the American right over the years. — A gleeful Tucker Carlson visited the Romanian compound shared by the brothers while they were under house arrest …
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The Daily Wire, Rolling Stone and Erick Erickson's Show Notes
Politico:
Mike Johnson voices uncertainty about his future if GOP loses control — House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that he could leave Congress if Democrats regain control — the farthest he has gone in acknowledging what he would do in a GOP House minority. “Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority …
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MeidasTouch and The Daily Wire
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Exclusive: Mike Johnson raises record $156 million for House GOP
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Wire and NewsMax.com
Kayla Guo / The Texas Tribune:
‘We have to suck it up’: Ken Paxton privately suggests cutting federal benefit programs to reduce national deficit — In a conversation that has been leaked in pieces to multiple publications, the GOP Senate nominee called for “reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,” which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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Washington Post and New Republic
Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say — ROXBURY, N.J. — On a warm morning, on Sept. 4, masked immigration agents rolled into Dover, New Jersey. — Footage of the raids rippled across social media, sent people into hiding and reignited rumors …
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Joe.My.God., WAGA-TV and Mercury News
Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times:
Daughter of Trump's chief of staff works at firm that lobbies for Republika Srpska — Susie Wiles's daughter is latest White House-linked adviser to the Russian-aligned Balkan entity — The daughter of Donald Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles is working for a US lobbying firm that signed …
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Politico, The Guardian and Mediaite
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Emmet Lyons / CBS News:
Photo shows top Trump aide's daughter with pro-Russia politician in Bosnia
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Al Jazeera and Politico
New York Times:
Maduro Charged With Ordering Torture of Americans in Venezuelan Prison — Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, jailed and tortured Americans and others in Venezuela to hang onto power, prosecutors said. — The Justice Department on Thursday announced new charges …
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Reuters, Associated Press, Washington Post, CBS News, The Hill, Axios, The Guardian, RedState, CNN, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, RTÉ, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Paul Krugman:
What's the Matter With France? — Is Europe's #2 economy too big to save? — France: 5 year CDS — Source — Suddenly, financial markets are treating France as the economic sick man of the Western world. Yes, interest rates have been surging everywhere.
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The Dark Side Of The Boom, Bloomberg, The Guardian and CNBC
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Mamdani's Oct. 7 commemoration outrages supporters and critics of Israel — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to thread a needle on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks by condemning Hamas' “horrific war crimes” and denouncing Israel's “genocide” in Gaza. It did not go well.
New York Times:
How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel — A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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New Republic, The Daily Caller and Telegraph
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Brad Finstad Runs Attack Ad That Erases Critical Voter From Photo — “What a poor decision,” Beth Benike said of her congressman altering her photo with Democrat Jake Johnson to make a fake image of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. — WASHINGTON - Minnesota small business owner Beth Benike …
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KSTP-TV
Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Trump's former defense secretary sees no end in sight for Iran war — to the benefit of America's ‘greatest adversary’ … The U.S.-Iran war could drag on for years, putting America at risk of overlooking China's rise to power, according to President Donald Trump's former defense secretary.
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Democrats call on Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith for basketball gaffe — Senate Judiciary Democrats are asking chair Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith on the behalf of his GOP committee members — especially for Sen. Eric Schmitt, the Missouri Republican who falsely accused Smith …
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
Ross Douthat / The Free Press:
I'm Writing a Column for The Free Press — Sometime in the fall of 2020, shortly after she departed The New York Times, I had a brief conversation with Bari Weiss. She was in an entrepreneurial mood, making calls and soliciting opinions, and I told her that I thought there was a potential market …
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The Wrap
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Inside Trump's blow-up at Fox News over El-Sayed coverage … The frustration boiled into public view Tuesday when President Trump lashed out at his favorite network. … - Polls show El-Sayed, a critic of Israel's government who'd be the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate, in a tight race against former Rep. Mike Rogers (R).
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers, Vance says — President Donald Trump's administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using an H-1B visa as it accuses the company of fraud.
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Axios, Bloomberg, Associated Press, New York Times, New York Post, Politico, HuffPost, The Hill, Washington Examiner, TechCrunch, Semafor, Newsweek and NewsMax.com, more at Techmeme »
Politico:
How Iran's drones hit America's Achilles heel — The abrupt evacuation of American bombers from a key U.K. airbase underscores the extreme vulnerability facing the world's most powerful fighting force and its NATO allies — as cheap drones and off-the-shelf tech transform warfare.
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NewsMax.com, The Hill and Reuters
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Trump Pats Himself On The Back For Not Doing ‘Bad Things’ To Obama, Clinton, Biden — “I can do whatever I want if I want,” he said during an Oval Office event on Wednesday. — President Donald Trump said he easily could have targeted to his political rivals if he wanted to when asked …
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MS NOW, The Hill, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit and New Republic
Washington Post:
Sens. Merkley and Daines: Our bipartisan plan would reform the U.S. Senate — For too long, both parties have been hamstrung by the Senate's tangled rules. — Loading... Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, represents Oregon, and Steve Daines, a Republican, represents Montana in the U.S. Senate.
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The Hill
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Hegseth greets USS Abraham Lincoln near the end of record long deployment — The Defense secretary praised the ship's crew for its resilience and dedication. — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks while aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Oct. 7, 2026. — The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group …
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MS NOW, Military.com, Straight Arrow, KQED, NBC News, JusttheNews.com, Associated Press, NewsMax.com, New York Times, The Guardian, RedState, Stars & Stripes, Reuters, New York Post, The Washington Sun, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Task & Purpose, Human Events, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Al Jazeera and CBS News
Stephen M. Lepore / Daily Mail:
Russian plague lab project reportedly received $800k in research funding from RFK Jr's Health and Human Services — Robert F Kennedy Jr allegedly allowed over $800,000 in taxpayer money to go to a research project with ties to the Siberian lab behind the possible Russian plague outbreak.
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Metro.co.uk and Mediaite
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